Foreign Language: Concentration French

Why study Foreign Language: French at APSU?

What will I learn?

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The Freshmen Seminar degree requirement completed by most students is APSU 1000. The
course is delivered in a small-class setting with like-minded students led by a faculty
member and a peer leader. The interdisciplinary course is intended to support first-semester
students and provide them with a foundation for university success. Emphasis is placed
on student engagement, university learning success strategies, support services, library
literacy, financial literacy, and academic and career planning. The first class meeting
of APSU 1000 during fall semesters is on Freshmen Convocation Day.

The general education core is designed to develop critical competencies in written
communication, oral communication, mathematical analysis, and critical thinking skills.
Students at APSU select coursework in the general education core in the areas of Communication,
Humanities and Fine Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, History, Natural Sciences,
and Mathematics. While the general education core requirements for graduation can
be met by choosing courses from each of these areas, some programs of study require
lower division courses that serve as prerequisites for upper division courses. Students
should consult the sample 4-year plans and confer with their academic advisors as
they choose their general education core courses.

What engagement opportunities are available to APSU students?

APSU fosters a positive campus environment that encourages active participation in
university life.

What Do Foreign Language: French Majors Do After Graduation?

Karen Sorenson, Ph.D.

If you want to learn a foreign language (and in today’s global society, you should),
then you have to go aboard. At least, that’s what one of the state’s top foreign language
professors believes.

“With our study abroad programs, we are giving Austin Peay students a chance to go
somewhere else in the world and experience a culture and way of life that’s different
from their own. And by giving them immersion-based experiences, they are able to develop
skills that they couldn’t earn any other way.”